Case of double monster

A Case of Double Monster

was prolapse of one leg from the vagina. Duration of labour, one day. When the patient came to the hospital, the membranes were ruptured, pregnancy was of full term and the woman was a primipara. The abdomen was unduly large which suggested twins. The temperature was 101.4?F. and the pulse was 120 to the minute. As is customary in India, the patient had been treated by dais and digital examinat...

A Double-Headed Monster

A Double-Headed Monster

A double-headed monster was born in the Railway Hospital, Samastipur, on 5th July, 1948. It is an interesting case because of its rarity; the photograph (plate XXII) tells its own story. Dr. Mody, in his jurisprudence, gives a picture of such monster without any detail. The woman was a sweeper by caste, second para, and fairly well built. She came to hospital in a precarious condition, having b...

A Case of Hydrocephalic Monster

Ma NwE, a Burmese female, 25 years of age residing in Zigon, a village near Thonze, was brought to the Civil Hospital, Thonze on the 21st May, 1926, at 6 a.m. in labour. Previous History.?The menstrual history was normal. She had not suffered from any serious illness prior to.the pregnancy; she stated that she had been in good health up to_the time of the present labour. She was married for the...

A Case of Iniencephalic Monster

A pull-term female foetus (figure 1, plate VIII), the vertical length of trunk and head 15.2 cm.; anal, vaginal and urethric openings present on the external surface; no groove of neck seen from front or from behind, the skin passing straight down from the chin to the thorax, and from the back of the head to the back of the trunk. On the posterior aspect the hair of the head extended down to a ...